Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray, whose party is fiercely opposed to Jaitapur nuclear power project, on Saturday suggested Maharashtra Government to send its ministers abroad to study ill-effects of atomic disasters in places like Fukushima and Chernobyl.
Before going ahead with the Jaitapur project, he said the BJP-led Government in Maharashtra, where Sena is sharing power, should undertake a study tour of places such as Fukushima and Chernobyl to understand the devastating consequences of nuclear accidents. Reiterating his party’s opposition to the 9,900 MW plant in the coastal Konkan region of Maharashtra, Uddhav said “Jaitapur is not a political issue for …read more
Source: Daily News & Analysis
